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  1. Teacher’s Questions for Science Champs

    By Science News Explores
  2. Physics

    Helium: Not so super after all

    An exciting discovery in physics turns out to be merely a case of mistaken identity.

    By Stephen Ornes
  3. Health & Medicine

    Magnets that kill cancer cells

    Researchers devise a way to use magnets to make cells self-destruct.

    By Stephen Ornes
  4. Tech

    Cool Jobs: The science of secrets

    Researchers harness science to encode — and decode — hidden messages.

    By Susan Gaidos

  5. Teacher’s Questions for The world of secrets

    By Science News Explores
  6. Environment

    Exhaled air: A problem in buildings?

    New studies suggest carbon dioxide that accumulates in classrooms could limit how well the brain processes information, lead to more student absences.

    By Janet Raloff
  7. Health & Medicine

    Of fish and brain health

    Moms-to-be who eat a diet rich in the right fish may pass along benefits to their children

    By Stephen Ornes
  8. Microbes

    A slime with memory

    Even without a brain, this slime mold knows where it’s been.

    By Stephen Ornes

  9. Pathways to research: Young scientists tackle abstract problems

    Students’ independent, theoretical investigations produce real-world results

    By Alison Pearce Stevens
  10. Chemistry

    Harder than diamonds?

    Researchers create new material that may be world’s hardest.

    By Sid Perkins
  11. Health & Medicine

    The 2012 Nobel Prizes

    Annual awards go to research on cells, atoms and light.

    By Stephen Ornes
  12. Planets

    Curiosity’s watery find

    Mars rover finds rocks that show where water once flowed.

    By Stephen Ornes